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Master #6
Captive
Punishment for betrayal is trial by fire.
Rumors run rampant when Raiden, the dead-sexy costar of Hollywood hunk Gabriel Colin, vanishes from the Luna Sunset wrap party. Scrambling to solve the mystery of his vampire maker’s disappearance, Gabriel lands in hot water when his erratic behavior casts suspicion on his involvement.
How long can a bloodsucker last without a steady supply of platelets? Raiden’s about to find out: his maker Justus specializes in cruel and unusual punishment. Rotten to the core, the self-proclaimed “master” preys on the desperate, his insatiable appetite for sadistic torture knowing no limits.
After forming an alliance with Naomi, Raiden’s cryptic former fiancée, Gabriel undertakes a precarious mission to free his muse before the clock stops—and Justus’ vengeful reckoning reaches an infernal climax.
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Warning: this book series is intended for adults only. It contains graphic violence and gore, explicit sexual situations, including rape and sexual assault, drug abuse, strong language, and other material readers may find objectionable. Reader discretion is advised.
Editor: Angela Brown
Cover artist: George Cotronis
Rumors run rampant when Raiden, the dead-sexy costar of Hollywood hunk Gabriel Colin, vanishes from the Luna Sunset wrap party. Scrambling to solve the mystery of his vampire maker’s disappearance, Gabriel lands in hot water when his erratic behavior casts suspicion on his involvement.
How long can a bloodsucker last without a steady supply of platelets? Raiden’s about to find out: his maker Justus specializes in cruel and unusual punishment. Rotten to the core, the self-proclaimed “master” preys on the desperate, his insatiable appetite for sadistic torture knowing no limits.
After forming an alliance with Naomi, Raiden’s cryptic former fiancée, Gabriel undertakes a precarious mission to free his muse before the clock stops—and Justus’ vengeful reckoning reaches an infernal climax.
***
Warning: this book series is intended for adults only. It contains graphic violence and gore, explicit sexual situations, including rape and sexual assault, drug abuse, strong language, and other material readers may find objectionable. Reader discretion is advised.
Editor: Angela Brown
Cover artist: George Cotronis
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Published April 28, 2023
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R.N. Jayne
14 books91 followersR. N. Jayne a.k.a. Jane Bled
Since R. N. first held a pen, she's been devising deviant ways to wield it. Her debut novella, queer vampire tale Crimson (MASTER, Book 1), won Best eBook in the 2009 Hollywood Book Festival Awards. Eien (MASTER, Book 7), the series ender, released in 2024.
A honer of the arts, R. N.'s an aural aficionado; a water-lover; a fleur-o-phile. Given her visual tendencies, she's especially fond of capturing fleeting moments in the natural world outside her doorstep. She resides in the idyllic countryside with her precocious children and mischievous cats.
Since R. N. first held a pen, she's been devising deviant ways to wield it. Her debut novella, queer vampire tale Crimson (MASTER, Book 1), won Best eBook in the 2009 Hollywood Book Festival Awards. Eien (MASTER, Book 7), the series ender, released in 2024.
A honer of the arts, R. N.'s an aural aficionado; a water-lover; a fleur-o-phile. Given her visual tendencies, she's especially fond of capturing fleeting moments in the natural world outside her doorstep. She resides in the idyllic countryside with her precocious children and mischievous cats.
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July 2, 2024
While this review is for Captive, the sixth installment of R. N. Jayne’s Master series, it’s impossible not to mention the entire line as a whole. Just as it’s impossible to understand what’s really going on in this one if you haven’t read what’s come before. I do recommend the investment of time if your guilty pleasure includes dark fantasy and vampires acting like the true apex predators they were first whispered to be. Just expect there to be quite a bit of emphasis placed on the guilty part of that pleasure with this series.
Justus, the vampire “Master” that most closely operates as the villain, is anything but just. Old, powerful, and utterly depraved, please pay attention to the warnings the author includes with every novel. Explicit sexual assault, gory violence, and drug abuse are all recurring themes. What isn’t listed though, is that there is also quite a bit of psychological abuse as well. Not all puppet-masters need physical strings to do the controlling.
If those warnings don’t put you off, what you get is a well-crafted tale that gets largely stronger from beginning to end. The first few novels jump back and forth from chapter to chapter, past to present which isn’t a personal preference of mine. But even with that, I felt the overall works were cohesive. Character arcs, especially two in particular, are beautifully done. Despite the narrative sometimes skirting close to my own limits, I hope to read the conclusion in the next installment just because of those two characters.
Every series has a few dips and rises in quality, especially one that’s six books in. The first was the rockiest in my opinion, but I still would have considered it worth reading even without it being the series starter. In fact, I’d rank all of the Master series at that level or higher` with Captive being the strongest so far.The writing is beautiful and descriptive, making some of the more depraved content that much more so. Only a few issues with one character and a spattering of errors kept this from being a must read for me.
Justus, the vampire “Master” that most closely operates as the villain, is anything but just. Old, powerful, and utterly depraved, please pay attention to the warnings the author includes with every novel. Explicit sexual assault, gory violence, and drug abuse are all recurring themes. What isn’t listed though, is that there is also quite a bit of psychological abuse as well. Not all puppet-masters need physical strings to do the controlling.
If those warnings don’t put you off, what you get is a well-crafted tale that gets largely stronger from beginning to end. The first few novels jump back and forth from chapter to chapter, past to present which isn’t a personal preference of mine. But even with that, I felt the overall works were cohesive. Character arcs, especially two in particular, are beautifully done. Despite the narrative sometimes skirting close to my own limits, I hope to read the conclusion in the next installment just because of those two characters.
Every series has a few dips and rises in quality, especially one that’s six books in. The first was the rockiest in my opinion, but I still would have considered it worth reading even without it being the series starter. In fact, I’d rank all of the Master series at that level or higher` with Captive being the strongest so far.The writing is beautiful and descriptive, making some of the more depraved content that much more so. Only a few issues with one character and a spattering of errors kept this from being a must read for me.
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